Evaluation of three types of structured floating plastic media in moving bed biofilters for total ammonia nitrogen removal in a low salinity hatchery recirculating aquaculture system

Three different commercially available structural plastic media were evaluated in triplicate in moving bed biofilters under low salinity (11–12 ppt) warm water culture conditions and two different feed loading rates. The culture system consisted of nine separate modules that include a double drain fish culture tank paired to a moving bed biofilter. The biofilters were filled with 0.11 m³ of one of three different types of floating plastic structured media. The three types of media evaluated were K1 kaldnes media, MB3 media, and AMB media. Volumetric total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) removal rates (g TAN removed/m³ media-day), TAN removal efficiency, and biofilm kinetic constants, K_i (h⁻¹) were determined for the three media types at two different daily feed load rates of 3.5 and 8.2 kg feed/m³ media. The feed provided was a 4.8 mm slow sinking marine grower diet pellet (45% protein, 17% fat). Average (±standard deviation, SD) volumetric TAN removal rates (VTR) at the lower feed load for the three media types were 92.2 ± 26.3, 86.1 ± 27.5, and 82.5 ± 25.9 for the MB3, AMB, and K1 kaldnes media, respectively. At the higher feed load the average VTR for the three media types was 186.4 ± 53.7, 172.9 ± 47.8, and 139.9 ± 38.9 for the MB3, AMB, and K1 kaldnes media, respectively. Influent TAN concentrations varied by the feed load rate and ranged from 0.55 to 0.93 mg/L and 0.83 to 1.87 mg/L for the low and higher feed loads, respectively. The percent TAN removal rates for the MB3 media was the highest of the three media types at both the low and high feed load rates averaging 12.3% and 14.4%, respectively. The MB3 media was selected for use in the moving bed biofilters because of the greater VTR and removal efficiency results for use in the 0.11 m³ moving bed biofilters of the hatchery recirculating aquaculture system.     

三种因素对海水生物流化床启动期间营养盐去除及amoA基因表达的影响

在实验室规模下,以旋转式生物流化床(CB-FSB)为研究对象,研究了初始总氨氮(TAN)、水温及滤料膨胀率3种条件下,海水生物流化床生物过滤功能启动期间TAN和亚硝酸盐氮(NO-2-N)去除及amoA基因数量的变化。结果显示:生物流化床生物过滤功能启动所需时间随着水温的升高而缩短,在水温为15℃、20℃和25℃时,启动所需时间分别为27 d、25 d和23 d;初始TAN质量浓度的升高也会缩短生物流化床生物过滤功能启动所需要的时间,在初始TAN质量浓度为1 mg/L、2 mg/L、4 mg/L时,启动所需时间分别为24 d、22 d和21 d;在膨胀率为100%和150%时,启动所需时间无明显差别,分别为21 d和20 d,明显好于膨胀率为50%时启动所需时间27 d;amoA基因的数量变化与TAN去除率的变化有一定的相关性,并随着初始TAN浓度的升高而增多,在4 mg/L时数量最多,达到2.76×10~7copies/g。     

曝气生物滤池对玉米青贮渗出液处理效果

为了考察曝气生物滤池(biological aerated filter,BAF)处理玉米青贮渗出液的效果及其影响因素,重点考察了水力负荷、气水比、有机负荷和滤床高度。结果表明:水力负荷从0.5m3/(m2.h)升高到3.0m3/(m2.h)过程中,化学需氧量(COD)和NH3-N的去除率先升高后降低,当水力负荷1.5m3/(m2.h)时COD和NH3-N的去除率分别达到最大为83.5%、74.9%;增加气水比使得系统中溶解氧充足,可明显提高COD和NH3-N去除率,当气水比为3.5:1时COD和NH3-N的去除率分别达到最大为87.5%、75.2%;低有机负荷不利于COD和NH3-N的去除,当有机负荷为COD2.4kg/(m3.d)时,COD和NH3-N去除率最低分别仅为49.6%、58.5%,有机负荷为COD4.8kg/(m3.d)时去除率最高分别可达80.9%和75.9%,但过高的有机负荷反而对NH3-N去除不利,当有机负荷为COD7.2kg/(m3.d)时,NH3-N去除率降低为61.7%;滤床高度对硝化反应去除NH3-N影响较大,NH3-N生物硝化反应去除行为主要发生在0.6～1.0m区域。试验表明采用BAF系统处理玉米青贮渗出液是可行的,也为类似性质废水处理和改善农村水环境质量提供有益的参考。     

墨瑞鳕循环水养殖系统中不同生物膜反应器水处理效率及微生物群落对比分析

固定床生物膜反应器(fixed-bed biofilm bioreactor, FBBR)和移动床生物膜反应器(moving- bed biofilm reactor, MBBR)在养殖水体氨氮(NH4+-N)和亚硝酸氮(NO2–-N)污染控制中已有较为广泛的研究,然而相关研究大多是在实验室完成的,目前尚缺乏实际生产的循环水养殖系统(recirculating aquaculture system, RAS)中FBBR和MBBR水体净化效能的对比研究。因此,本研究将FBBR (弹性毛刷滤料)和MBBR (PVC多孔环滤料)并联接入实际生产的墨瑞鳕(Macculochella peeli) RAS中,实现二者的同步连续运行(35 d),考察了其出水水质变化和微生物群落结构。出水水质变化表明,FBBR和MBBR中氨氧化能力的形成快于亚硝氮氧化能力,硝化能力渐趋成熟,可以有效控制养殖水体中的NH4+-N和NO2–-N浓度,但会导致养殖水体中硝酸氮(NO3–-N)积累和pH下降;单因素方差分析表明,FBBR出水中NH4+-N、NO2–-N、NO3–-N浓度和pH与MBBR出水无显著差异,两反应器的硝化效率相似。FBBR和MBBR在微生物群落上的相同点在于：优势菌门为变形菌门(Proteobacteria) (相对丰度分别为69.42%和86.92%),优势菌纲为γ-变形菌纲(γ-Proteobacteria) (40.71%和63.36%)和α-变形菌纲(α-Proteobacteria) (26.58%和21.74%),优势菌属为不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter) (27.50%和53.29%);硝化菌由亚硝化单胞菌属(Nitrosomonas)和硝化螺菌属(Nitrospira)构成;硝化螺菌属的相对丰度远高于亚硝化单胞菌属,两反应器中可能存在完全氨氧化菌。两反应器在微生物群落上的不同点在于FBBR微生物群落的丰富度和多样性以及硝化菌的相对丰度均高于MBBR。本研究可以为RAS养殖水体净化提供技术支撑,助推循环水养殖模式的推广应用。     

多层生物滤塔去除废气中硫化氢

为了解决填料及单层滤塔中压降大、效率低的问题,以单层玉米芯生物滤塔为对照,研究了多层生物滤塔对低浓度H2S气体的净化效果,其适宜的工艺条件和生物降解宏观动力学。结果表明：填料分层填充可提高废气中H2S去除率,当进气浓度低于140 mg/m3时,H2S的去除率90%以上;H2S进气容积负荷、去除率与填料层填充厚度有一定的相关性,负荷低于42.2 g/(m3·d),下层200 mm填料对H2S总去除率的贡献在95%以上;填料含水率为55%～70%,生物滤塔的微生物活性较高,净化效率高;试验条件下,采用Michaelis-Menten模型进行生物降解宏观动力学研究,其中半饱和常数为12.4 mg/m3,污染物最大去除速率为909 g/(m3·d)。试验表明：多层生物滤塔净化效果优于单层,其气流分布更均匀,停留时间延长,压降低,效率高;在适宜的工艺条件下运行3个月,对H2S净化效率均稳定在90%以上,为进一步研究及工程应用提供理论指导。     

Design and operations of fine media fluidized bed biofilters for meeting oligotrophic water requirements

Fine media fluidized bed biofilters (FBB) have some unique characteristics, which become very important when extremely high water quality is required. They provide greater surface area per unit volume than other fixed film biofilters and are capable of operating as a plug flow on the liquid phase and mixed flow on the biological phase type reactor. As the concentration of pollutants decreases in an aquaculture system, the removal rate per unit surface area in a biofilter decreases, hence being able to obtain very high surface areas per unit cost becomes critical. As the concentration further decreases, conventional bioreactors that are either, mixed flow biological phase and mixed flow liquid phase (i.e. moving bed type reactor), or plug flow liquid and fixed biological phase (trickling filter or submerged filter) reach the minimum substrate concentration (S_Min), below which the bacteria cannot grow under steady state conditions. However, in a fine media FBB the discharge concentration can be below S_Min. This allows filters to be designed and operated in commercial aquaculture settings with over 90% removal of NH₃, and related biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) per pass. Fine media FBBs can be designed and operated for biological removal of 99.95% of slow biodegrading refractory organic pollutants like methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in a single pass with discharge concentrations <1 ppb (inlet 2000 ppb, 20 min contact time, S_Min = 20 ppb). The details of how and why these high performances at low concentrations are possible and why this oligotrophic water quality is desirable for maturation and larva rearing will be discussed.     

Thermogravimetric analysis and the optimisation of bio-oil yield from fixed-bed pyrolysis of rice husk using response surface methodology (RSM)

The effects of pyrolysis temperature, heating rate, particle size, holding time, and gas flow rate were investigated to optimize bio-oil yield from rice husk pyrolysis. Thermogravimetric analysis showed thermal degradation of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, indicating faster decomposition of cellulose compared to lignin. The optimisation process was analysed by employing central composite design (CCD) in response surface methodology (RSM) using Design Expert Version 7.5.1 (StatEase, USA). A two-level fractional factorial was initially carried out and followed by RSM. The statistical analysis showed that pyrolysis temperature, heating rate, particle size and holding time significantly affected the bio-oil yield. By utilising response surface method, these four factors were investigated, analysed and optimal conditions were obtained at pyrolysis temperature of 473.37 °C, heating rate of 100 °C/min, particle size of 0.6 mm and holding time of 1 min. Confirmation runs gave 48.30% and 47.80% of bio-oil yield compared to 48.10% of predicted value. Furthermore, the pyrolytic bio-oils obtained from fixed-bed pyrolysis were examined using gas chromatographic/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) methods, elemental analyzer, pH probe and bomb calorimeter.     

Taxonomic and functional profiling of nitrifying biofilms in freshwater,brackish and marine RAS biofilters

In recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), the crucial step of eliminating toxic N compounds like ammonia and nitrite is mediated via nitrifying microorganisms and takes place in biofilters. In this study, analyses of microorganisms colonizing biocarriers of nine moving-bed biofilters of three different RAS operated with freshwater, brackish or marine process water uncovered site specific communities. Illumina-based amplicon sequencing of the V4-region of the 16S rRNA gene revealed a high microbial diversity with 1000–2500 species-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in all biofilters with the highest diversity in the brackish RAS. Proteobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Plantomycetes, Chloroflexi and Nitrospirae represented the most abundant phyla. 76 out of 674 known genera occurred in all nine biofilters and were defined as core-taxa, including nitrifying bacteria (Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira) as well as members of the (heterotrophic) genera Planctomyces, Blastopirellula, Nannocystis and Lewinella. Nitrifying communities composed of different, closely related and so far uncultured members of Nitrosomonas and Nitrospira were identified, strongly indicating that several potentially novel ammonia and nitrite oxidizing species are present in RAS biofilters. Relatives of known comammox Nitrospira were detected in the brackish biofilters, revealing 94–99 % identity of the 16S rRNA gene sequence to Ns. inopinata. Salinity tolerance tests with biocarriers derived from biofilters of the three distinct RAS showed an unexpected broad physiological flexibility with regard to salinity. Nitrification performance of freshwater nitrifiers was drastically reduced with increasing salinity and nearly completely inhibited at 15 PSU, while the brackish and marine nitrifiers showed a high resistance and maintained nitrification activity in a broad range of salt concentrations. This data can help to improve the nitrification process in RAS with changing salinity of the process water.     

基于高通量测序的石斑鱼循环水养殖生物滤池微生物群落分析

为了解循环水养殖系统生物过滤器内微生物群落结构,明确其内部微生物的多样性。该文采用Illumina-Mi Seq高通量测序技术对石斑鱼循环水养殖系统3级浸没式生物滤池内微生物群落结构及多样性进行分析。研究结果表明:3个浸没式生物滤池的样品分别获得712,635,865个Operational Taxonomic Unit(OTU),共同包含的OTU为488个,其中3号滤池的微生物群落丰富度和多样性高于1号和2号生物滤池,且1号生物滤池和2号生物滤池内微生物群落结构相似度较高。在门的水平,3个滤池以变形菌门Proteobacteria、拟杆菌门Bacteroidetes为优势菌;在属的水平,发现3个滤池中起硝化作用的细菌主要是亚硝化单胞菌Nitrosomonas和硝化螺菌Nitrospira。该试验为揭开生物滤池这个"黑匣子"提供数据基础,对研究海水循环水养殖生物滤池的构建及其脱氮效率具有重要的指导意义。     

畜禽养殖舍生物土壤滤体除臭装置

为研究土壤生物滤体除臭装置对于畜禽养殖场散发出的恶臭气体的去除效果,该文概述了生物土壤滤体除臭装置性能指标、结构和工作原理。确定了关键部件结构参数和运行参数,并通过在气体分布基质层中增加布气网管方式提高臭气滤除效果。采用的活性土壤滤层配方为:草腐土75%,珍珠岩20%,黑炭5%,滤层高度1000mm,滤料表面负荷15.5～22.0m3/(m2.h),滤料湿度控制范围(52±3)%。试验结果表明,主要恶臭物质NH3、CH4和CO2去除率大于95%;CO和氮氧化物(以NO2计)去除率大于85%,与畜禽臭气共同扩散的总挥发性有机物(TVOC)、可吸入颗粒物(PM10)和总悬浮物(TSP)去除率大于95%,系统排出气体的臭气浓度分别为7.5～8.0,符合达标排放要求。